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Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is a nice natural sounding one, it's such a hassle to...
Hassle, what does it mean? Let's find out.
But first, let's do our little test. So we learned durable last time.
So what do you have that is durable?
Remember tough and strong. What do you have that's durable?
You got one of those strong PC's that you could drop and it won't break.
What's durable? OK.
So, let's go on to today's phrase. It's such a hassle to...
OK, here's what I often hear. OK, so if I say something like this to Taro, my colleague.
And I say, yeah Taro, you know, I don't really like our new system.
Yeah it's difficult to use. I don't like it. And Taro agrees and he says,
Yes, I know. It's very troublesome to input data. It's very troublesome, don't you use this, troublesome?
It's OK, it just doesn't sound too natural in this case. It's very troublesome. Yeah.
A more natural phrase would be of course using hassle, like this.
So I say to Taro, Yeah Taro, I really don't like our new system. It's really inconvenient and it's not easy to use.
And he says, yes, I know. It's such a hassle to input data.
Oh, such a hassle. You understand how I feel. Thank you, yes.
It's such a hassle to input data. Let's look at pronunciation.
It'ssucha, oh you see how they all connect there? It'ssucha, and it's not there're two S's.
OK, so we don't need one of them. So it'sucha, it'sucha hassle...
It's not to input, ta input. It'sucha hassle ta input data.
It'sucha hassle ta input data. You try.
One more time, It'sucha hassle ta input data.
OK, let's try it with my sentence. Yeah, you know I really don't like our new system.
OK, were you able to get that? OK so please try to use this in your workplace.
Look for something that's difficult to use. OK and you could say,
You know, it's such a hassle to do this. It's such a hassle to this. OK.
OK, and for homework I want you to tell me what is such a hassle for you to do?
So is it such a hassle for you to go to work every day, to take the crowded train for an hour and a half, yeah?
What's a hassle for you to do? You tell me in the next lesson. OK we'll see you. Thank you.